Building date: 1844
Original use: Church, Store
Corner structures: Brown sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, heavy
Types and uses of stones: Glacial stones
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: John Farr - Mason Contractor
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°12'42.87"N 77°26'04.53"W. Current owner of record, Prestige Services LLC as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Webster and Monroe County Maps
"The First Universalist Church of Webster, History of Monroe County", page 213, W. H. Mc Intosh, Everts, Ensign & Everts, Philadelphia 1877.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazel B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the fourth paragraph on page 31.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Western New York Figure 21", by Richard "Dick" H. Backus (1922-2012), January 1947. A paper written for a class in the Department of Art, Dartmouth College. A copy of the original paper was returned to Mr. Backus June 12, 1963 by Hugh Morrison of the Art Department. The paper was forwarded on March 16, 2026 to the Cobblestone Museum by Carol and Steve Mackintosh who had received it from an unnamed neighbor who was downsizing. The existence and location of the original paper is unknown.
History of Use:
1845 - First Universalist Society
1925 - Johnson Brothers Garage
1962 - Automotive Supply Store
c. July 1963 - Raymond Johnson purchased the Cobblestone Church in 1923. He added a 40' x 60' concrete block addition to the rear in 1948. Asking price is $24,000.
Permanent File of Cobblestone Structures.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
First Universalist Church 4th Annual 06/06/1964
Johnson Bros. Garage, early photograph on the Webster Museum website, Webster History Overview page.
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¹ Image courtesy Webster Town & Village Historian.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
6 Photography courtesy Sharon Pratt Webster Museum and Historical Society
7 Photography courtesy Gene Bavis